How To Finish Long Books Quickly - A Tip For Reading More

1. Use audiobooks at 1.5 speed while reading to improve focus and comprehension. 2. Highlight important concepts, but don't dwell on them for too long. 3. Review highlights and generate summary notes after reading a certain amount.

I think I’m going to keep my current strategy, which is to slip the book jacket of Infinite Jest over whatever Stephen King book I’m reading.

This technique( audio+ reading a book) is how I read Shakespeare. Being a non-native speaker,the prose of the plays being quite dramatic and 16th century English made it quite challenging for me to read. But once I read/listened to the plays, it was a surprisingly enjoyable experience! I must admit there were times while doing that I felt like I was cheating or something, but personally I feel that the technique definitely helped me appreciate the plays better than if I had only read or listened to it. However I did listen to it at regular speed though 😅

Read-along is a good idea. Just be ready to pause if you find yourself drifting. Significantly better than the audiobook alone and had some advantages over just reading for some people. Note, the faster you read something, the less you take in. Find your pace. I take notes separately. My thoughts on reading big books without an audiobook: Do it when you are not sleepy, turn off your phone, and take notes. The taking-notes bit really helps if the work is challenging: example, Moby Dick. Also. Lingering. If you find a passage that is beautiful, spend some time with it. Great literature is a work of art and not just an information dump. Appreciate it. because

I've been trying to finish my copy of The Iliad + The Odyssey for months (I'm only on page 65), so I'll be trying out this technique! Love your videos, keep up the good work!

You’re a genius! I recently begun to get back into reading and realised I just can’t focus! I fell in love with philosophy since having it last year, at school, and now that I’m reading those great works,slowly, to really take it in, my attention keeps dispersing. I’ll definitely try to read in shorter periods if time and more quickly!

The audiobook strategy is the only way I kept from drowning in my Dickens classes! Additional tip: if your text is too obscure to have an audiobook, try reading it out loud to yourself (works better with more theatrical novels but might make Heidegger a little more exciting)

I’m currently reading the Count of Monte Cristo (which is about 1300 pages) so I think this video will help me a lot! Thanks!

In the memory and retention pyramid🔺, is higher in hierarchy than simply or .. so we get better reading speed and then better retention too. This is why i love this method to get the most out of a book. plus its easier to make notes and highlights than just listening on audible. Im an auditory learner too but this method will work for everyone, some of my friends have tried and were very happy with the results.. well now this sounds like an info-commercial too hahaha.😄

THE FIRST 30 SECONDS ALREADY HIT ME PERSONALLY... that aside, your whole "On Reading" playlist is a tremendous help. I am taking 3 modules this fall that covers 3 major literature period and the pre-reading and the required reading list is starting to beat me up!!! Thank you so much for all the tips. They are so helpful (man... even the word helpful is underestimation!!!). Good luck for your future endeavours!

Thank you for telling me about being and time. I am so happy about finding this book on your channel. One of the greatest channels on YouTube. I am so grateful for your channel. Truly life changing. Quite honestly. Very grateful right now.

Just bought 3 massive books yesterday(David Copperfield,War and Peace,Brothers Karamazov) and im ngl I was definitely looking for this video thanks😭

I Always Always Always physically read and listen to an audiobook of the same book together on 1.5x. I have a very Traumatic Brain Injury so this helps me to comprehend exactly what I am reading and how to better annotate and note take in my books as well. I also used to use the books on tape and even books on vinyl as well when I was alot younger

I've used that technique for language learning, to get me going, seeing the words and connecting them to the audio. It works great. :) Also, thank you for the tip. The only problem now is to find a) unabridged versions of whatever is to be read and b) the same translation.

Some of the best advice I’ve ever received from a friend: I commented that he was a big reader and asked if he preferred to read to get information. His response was “I’m not a huge reader but there’s things that if you want to learn them you’ll just have to read it”

I haven't watch the video yet but to read faster you have to limit sub-vocalizing, which is when you say words in your head while reading them. My favorite way to do this is say 1 2 3 in my head as I read each line. Beginning section of the line is 1, middle is 2, end 3. So instead of saying words in your head you say those numbers and it allows you to scan text much quicker, especially if you use a pen or pencil as a guide. Jim Kwik and Tim Ferris are my sources for all this advice and it has helped me immensely! Good luck my fellow readers, read something you enjoy :)

I despise audiobooks. They bring back bad memories of being stuck in traffic commuting to work and back for decades. I prefer to write (take notes) as I read. I don’t want to be hurried along, I would rather take my time and read at my own pace and go down any rabbit holes that spring up.

Love that you bring this up. I started using this for the purpose of language learning after I recalled that we did this in High School for group readings. I think the technique is loosely called immersive reading, but there are studies showing that it boosts overall reading comprehension. It is a bit annoying though if the audiobook you end up finding is slightly off from your version of the book, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. Also, I think this is better than practicing speed reading because it naturally brings you up to a faster reading pace without compromising reading comprehension.

Hello Robin, I hope you're doing good. Whenever I start reading a brick, I'm starting by analyzing the structure of the book. Looking at the chapters. If I get bored of how slow pace I read. I listen to the audiobook 1,5x speed whilst reading. So I knew these techniques, thank you for confirming I was doing the right thing. Very good video!

I've been learning a lot from you, Robin. Thanks so much!